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Eric Scheske

Get Out the Knives

We like the trend in thinking, but we're not sure castration solves much. The possibility of no parole is probably the most effective: > Some members of the Alabama House say that violent sex offenders who prey on children should be forced to undergo surgical castration to ensure

As Long As We've Mentioned Chesterton

If you haven't noticed, the Chesterton and Friends blog appears to be up-and-running with daily weekday posts, updated links, commentary, and other features. It's still just getting off the ground (20 or so visitors a day), but we suspect it'll get healthier

Joe Campbell

Unless you read some relatively-arcane journals or Canadian periodicals, you've probably never heard of Joe Campbell. Eric Scheske has long enjoyed Mr. Campbell's essays for Gilbert Magazine [http://www.gilbertmagazine.com/]. For those who don't subscribe, you're missing one of the

The Race Nonsense Continues

> A judge on Thursday threw out the deportation case against four young people who were brought to the United States illegally when they were toddlers. > U.S. Immigration Judge John Richardson granted a request to exclude key evidence in the case, ruling that border agents questioned the four

Woods Interview

Lew Rockwell's weekend edition has an interview with Thomas Woods. Link [http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/chapin4.html]. Excerpt: > Chapin: It's ironic that so often religion and science are thought to be polar opposites, yet, in your latest book, How the Catholic Church Built Western

PA's Amish Must Be Animal Lovers

> Ulysses Zimmerman, 22, of Point Marion [in Western Pennsylvania], pleaded guilty to animal cruelty for allegedly neglecting his dog, denying it veterinary care and strangling the animal. > But Zimmerman didn't pay a fine or spend time in jail. Instead, he stood at a busy intersection in

Something for Sunday Morning

> The Christian will try to acquire each of the virtues that are ideally situated to battle the seven cardinal sins. He will cultivate temperance to squelch gluttony. He will solicit an attitude of chastity to fight lust; generosity to fight avarice; meekness to fight anger; charity to fight envy;

Lonely French Farmers

Why does it have to be lace? Oh yeah, it's the French: > Watch out, Victoria's Secret -- a French artist has designed lingerie for cows. > Florence Lukas designed the bovine clothing. > However, the cow bras have a serious purpose. > They offer support for

Oversexed Population, Episode 2,395,012

> An 11-year-old boy was taken to a juvenile detention center Friday on accusations that he groped several women over the past few days. > Police said the boy would approach women at their homes, ask for directions, and then grope them. > "While the woman was

Yeah. . .

. . . we can see how that might be distasteful: > A company that organizes wrestling entertainment has agreed to remove an Arab-American character from a popular television show after receiving hundreds of complaints about an episode that aired the day of the deadly London bombings. > World Wrestling Entertainment said